being fertilized
inside me
swims a fish
darting in circles and tickling
strange
feeling something alive inside you
doubtless it’s a farmed fish
i’ve tried eating fish meal
to keep it happy
but still feel my innards being eaten
one after another
i know neither
how far i’m gone
nor what this is called
by others
maybe wishful thinking, fear,
orgasm
© translated by Bernard Scudder
frjóvgast
inni í mér
syndir fiskur
hvatlega í hringi og kitlar
skrýtið
að finna e-ð lifandi í sér
eflaust er þetta eldislax
hef reynt að gleypa mjöl
til að gleðj’ann
finnst samt étin í mér innyflin
eitt af öðru
veit hvorki
hvað ég er komin langt á leið
né hvað svona heitir
hjá öðrum
kannski óskhyggja kvíði
fullnæging
© Sigurbjörg Thrastardóttir, To Bleed Straight (JPV útgáfa, 2008)
Poems
- being fertilized
- sleepless
- lækjargata
- home delivery
- in this country there is no conscription
- feeling sleepy
- may i hug you again?
- abandon
- weather ship lima
- murder story
- bologna
- cape canaveral
- martinique
- immigrant / june
- arabia
- carpet land berlin
- europe
- standard fear
- action squad: operation 0402
- like the moorland springs
- staying toghether (special)
- grow up
- epilogue IV